HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080537450
Bassin de Sangamon River
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Mason, Menard
Sub-basin area
101,6km²
Upstream area
13 036,8km²
Discharge
118,58m³/s
Mean elev.
161m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sangamon River1267 km²
- Bassin de Salt Creek365 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 65.7 km²64.6% of basin
- 36.0 km²35.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Revis Hill Prairie
IUCN VState Natural Area
1.65 km² overlap
Oakford State
IUCN VHabitat Area
0.43 km² overlap
Baugher Hill Prairie
IUCN VConservation Area
0.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
224 distinct species · 654 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Sangamon River : 27 espèces reliées par 100 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 12 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
11,1°C
Annual rain
928mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
280mm/an
PET
1 090mm
AET
783mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
86cm
Forest
0%
Crops
79%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)